Pick of the week: 1 Mar to 5 Aug 2006

I'm glad you liked the song Balaji. IMO her voice in uyire song was much better compared to her other songs from that period('iruvadhu vayadhu mudhal' and more song in kannan varuvaan(sirpy music))

Pick #156

http://tfmpage.com/stream/songs/poong_sk.rm

Song: poonguruvi paadadi
Film: sundhara kaandam
Singer: Mano
Lyrics: Vaali
Music: Deepak

Bakyaraj's streak of flops continued with sundara kaandam. Did it start it with rathathin rathathame or raasu kutti or pavunupavunuthaan? Not sure.
Im not a KB fan but i did watch sundara kaandam and was bored to death. It was a routine KB story were the ladies fall head over heels for him. In SK , he played a teacher(again) and his student sindhu falls in love with him(ofcourse). He marries Banupriya(totally underutilised) but sindhu continues to taunt him. Then she gets ..cancer(gasp) and like all tamilfilm second heroines dies in the end.
The film had a new MD Deepak. But i suspect it is KB who did the music with a pseudonym. The POW had 2 versions, the other by SJ.

Ramki

I think Sundara Kandam was a moderate hit, surely not a flop.(Was a big hit in Hindi with Anil/Sri and Karishma - forgot the name).

Isn't Deepak who scored previous Bhagyraj films while the titled had KB's name (Idhu nama aalu and others). This film had the real MD's name. Experts advise

All songs were good. Sindhuja acting was really good. Yes not a great movie but ahd its moments. overacting by Bhanu but she looked great!

Bala

What an evocative humming!!!! Janaki maadhiry varaadhu!! Namba Raaja is plentiful in his hypnotic flute interludes in this song!! Enjoyed the rare Ilayaraaja’s less known 90s song!! Thanks! Vinatha.

I think Maestro has used the tune of Kamakshi Karuna Vilasini (from his devotional album Geethanjali) for this Udhayam Neeye song and also the Aathma film song Varayo unakke saran nangale.

Ramki, SK crossed 100 days. The movie was made in a very short period of time [I think about 3 months].

I heard that KB scored music with pseudonym deepak :) I don't think he has music sense :))

Balaji/FM

I happened to watch SK on the first week of its release. It was a saturday night and the theatre in Udhayam complex was only half filled. In fact SK was our second choice- we went to another film couldnt get the tickets so chose SK instead.
It might have 'made to run' for 100 days. IMO its a rehash of several KB films.

Btw does the story has any relevance to the title?

Pick #157

http://tfmpage.com/stream/songs/ellaam_dd.rm

Song: ellaam maayathaana
Film: devadoss
Singer: Rani
Lyrics: ?
Music: CRSubbaraman

How many film versions of devdoss were made? I can easily count 7(and i recently read pakistan is making its own version). Among the ones i have seen, the tamil\telugu version is the best. It had the best cast,best music. Nothing was overdone and nothing looked out of place or character. Nageswara rao was born to do such roles and superstar (doesn't she deserve this title?) savithri gave an amazing performance. Lalitha in the role of chandramukhi was equally good.

Lots have been written about the songs. Ghantasala, jikki, Rani etc filled our ears with their beautiful(and accented) voices.
Why singers like Rani were not used often will always remain a mystery.
I know only a handful of songs by her and all are good songs.

Ramki, I think so. SK is an interesting part in Kambaraamayanam, so pick that as the title. Tamil cinema shows it crossed 150 days :) I don't think KB made any good film after Ithu namma aaLu. I liked the comedy in that movie, not the story itself :)

If I remember right, SK wasnt a flop movie. KB certainly was a great screenplay writer. The way he blended the partially filmed MGR's movie into his Avasara Police 100 proved his talenets (I personally liked AP100, then, for its funny moments). Oru oorula oru raajakumari was a clean movie which I liked a lot but did not run. Vettiya madichu kattu was unbaearable. Hopey he gets a successful second innings with Paarijadham & Asokamithran!